Arcnet drivers

[J.D. Yamokoski]

While I am spamming the mailing list, I thought I would start another 
thread about questions I have on arcnet card drivers. The problem is I 
am just about clueless when it comes to Linux and device drivers to 
begin with (I am a native windows programmer). Through google I have 
found this on a RTnet mailing list archive:

http://www.mail-archive.com/rtnet-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00616.html

I have attempted to contact Mr. Dallefrate to see if he ever made any 
progress with Jan's suggestions, but so far no response. Mr. Dallefrate 
does have a conference paper out there on the web ("Development of robot 
controllers based on PC hardware and open source software") - in it he 
demonstrates that he has used RTAI 3.2 (with kernel 2.6.10) and 
communicated with a device (the PA-10 robotic arm) over an arcnet 
interface (exactly what we are trying to accomplish!).

If no one has specific experience with the arcnet drivers, could anyone 
provide me with something of a roadmap or examples on how to make 
drivers run in real-time? Even some introductory reading would be 
beneficial.

Best regards,

J.D. Yamokoski